Mie travel guides: Ise Jingu, pearl coasts, ninja country, and the quiet shores between Nagoya and the Kii Peninsula.
The Nabana no Sato illumination runs 17 October 2026 – 31 May 2027 (closed 6–7 January). Regular-date tickets are ¥2,500 or ¥3,000 with a ¥1,000 voucher; 23–25 December uses a separate ticket. The direct bus from Nagoya's Meitetsu Bus Center takes about 35 minutes for ¥1,200, and the last one back leaves at 21:05. Light-up times, crowds, the Kintetsu route and Kuwana's winter weather.
Seki-juku in Kameyama, Mie is the 47th Tokaido post town and, by the city account, the only one whose historic townscape survives whole: what to see, the road forks to Ise and Nara, access and when to go.
Ise Jingu in late November — pre-koyo blue skies, the vast Naiku cedar forest, the 101.8 m Uji Bridge torii, and Akafuku Honten on Oharaimachi where the same recipe has been made since 1707. A Japanese pilgrimage guide in Nobu first-person.
Akafuku is a 300-year-old confection maker in Ise, with its flagship store on Oharai Street near Ise Grand Shrine. The mochi is simple: a base of white mochi with smooth red bean paste on top. The design is intentional. The…
The Kumano Kodo is not a single path, but a network of ancient pilgrimage routes that crisscross the Kii Peninsula. For over a thousand years, emperors and commoners alike have walked these trails, seeking spiritual purification in the sacred heartland…
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